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Old 11-10-2017, 10:03 PM   #151
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There have been numerous threads about Mary Steward's Arthurian Saga on Mobileread, which is in this same bind: there are (were?) several ebook versions at Kobo and Amazon, but it's still not clear if they are/were legitimate.
They were not legal and the the copy up on Smashwords is also not legal. There are no legal eBook versions.
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Old 11-11-2017, 05:52 AM   #152
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There are no legal eBook versions.
In the USA. There are legal versions elsewhere.
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Old 11-11-2017, 09:46 AM   #153
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They were not legal and the the copy up on Smashwords is also not legal. There are no legal eBook versions.
Nonsense.

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Old 11-16-2017, 06:28 PM   #154
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It stands to reason that there will be people who shell out €129-299 for an e-reader with the thought to 'earn it back' by pirating the e-books.
It's kind of a logical way of thinking. My standing mixer with a dough hook "pays for itself" by allowing me to make delicious homemade bread practically hands free, for a fraction of the price of the tasteless bag of air we buy when we're in a hurry. We (the royal we) want our expensive devices to save us money in other ways and to have some longevity. It's only natural.

I was born back in the day when my favorite classics cost at least $15 each. When E-books became a thing, and the MR library as well as project Gutenberg made public domain literature available for free, my e-reader did pay for itself because at least 50 or so of my childhood favorites that I otherwise would have bought for $5-$25 were free for the taking.

I was highly spoiled by these public domain downloads. While most everyone else is clamoring for the fresh releases, I'm content to save money by reading my old favorites. That leaves me money to buy e-books more selectively and wait for sales.

That having been said, I disagree with the author that "piracy" hurt her sales. I don't know this author personally but went hunting around for reviews of her books, and it seems the quality of her writing went down without having very many special "tempting" price offers.

When I don't like a book or I don't have the budget for it, I just don't buy it, or wait for a library loan. Nothing to do with piracy.
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Old 11-23-2017, 09:12 PM   #155
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I'm not an expert, either, but having read the first three books in the series, I have to wonder if it's because the series went downhill at the third book, and not many may have been willing to buy it after reading the pirated version.

The first book was great, the second book was alright, and the third took a nosedive. The third book is when I quit the series, though I didn't pirate it. In my case, I just never picked up the fourth.

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Your experience is not uncommon where authors try to extend their initial success into more and more sequels and episodes.

It happened with me for DUNE plus 5 sequels, and for Tarnsman Of Gor with an untold number of sequels and spin-offs.
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Old 11-24-2017, 05:59 AM   #156
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Your experience is not uncommon where authors try to extend their initial success into more and more sequels and episodes.

It happened with me for DUNE plus 5 sequels, and for Tarnsman Of Gor with an untold number of sequels and spin-offs.
Robert Asprin is the author that I think of when it comes to the first couple of books of a series being really good, and then a steady decline. He wrote a lot of series.
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